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If you don't have a particular colour scheme in mind – go for a mix of all of these freesias and get the best of all worlds. A classic highly perfumed, zingy coloured jumble including white, yellow, red, pink and mauve freesias.

I adore freesias – I love the scent, the arching stems, and that either growing or cut, each stem lasts nearly three weeks, looking and smelling delicious.

I've tried growing them several times and found that inside – in the greenhouse – they flowered best. However, with these new varieties, which have been bred especially and cold and heat treated, they flower brilliantly in the garden.

Our freesias are first class, top size, fresh healthy corms which have been stored through the winter at the right humidity (80%) and at 28°C. (Most garden centres cannot provide this which is why – in my experience – freesias often struggle). They need planting in March (in a greenhouse) or April (outside), once temperatures reach more than 5°C, and will flower 3-4 months from planting.

They can be planted 5-6 corms to a 1L pot, or straight out into the garden

This can be gift wrapped in our exclusive hessian sack, with ribbon and a Sarah Raven gift card. You will be able to add this to your basket once you begin the checkout process. To add a gift message to your order, simply fill out the details at the delivery stage of the checkout.

Please note: only items which are showing ‘in stock’ can be gift wrapped.

Genus

Freesia

Type

Half-Hardy Annual Corm

Border Position

Front

Bulb Size

5

Soil Type

Chalky,
Neutral,
Sandy

Scent

Scented

Site

Full Sun

Moisture

Moist but Well-drained

Height

40cm (16in)

Spacing

Plant 5 bulbs in an 11cm/4in pot, or plant straight in the ground in the garden or greenhouse.

Sowing, Seeds, Planting

For autumn planting: our corms can be planted from September to November. Place outside while temperatures are still between 10-17°C and move indoors – e.g. a living room or conservatory – by mid-November as they will not survive temperatures below 3-5°C.
For spring planting: Plant them in March (in a greenhouse) or outside in April but only after all risk of frost has passed. Planting later than mid-May is not recommended as temperatures may be too high.
For autumn and spring planted corms, keep well-watered and provide support with a triangle or square of canes to keep the foliage and flowering stems upright as they grow. Apply a small dose of liquid feed when the plants are 5cm (2in) tall. Discard or compost bulbs after flowering.

Care Tips

If planted in good quality soil they won't need feeding. Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground. For more useful tips, read our how to grow freesias guide.

Flowering

June - July from early spring plantings, August - September from later plantings (3-4 months from planting to flowering)

Tips and tricks for successful planting and cultivation of this beautiful plant with a gorgeous fragrant flower.

Delivery

Bulb Delivery -
When in stock, please allow up to 5 days for despatch.

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Classic Freesia Mix reviews

Average based on 30 reviews

Reviewed 16th August 2019 by Anita

So far I have had 3 flowers from 50 corms. Only abut 12 of them ever produced leaves. I unearthed them, thinking they must have rotted, but they were fine and appeared to be splitting into two corms one on top of the other, so I replanted them....but still no growth. I bought them for the yellows but all the flowers were garish pink, my least favourite colour. A waste of time and money considering they are so readily available in the supermarkets.

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear of your disappointment with your corms. Please be assured that we have now refunded you for this."

Posted 17th August 2019

Reviewed 16th August 2019 by Annette

Not one bulb has grown, planted in large pots as directed, very disappointed

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear of your disappointment with your Freesia Mix and have refunded you for them."

Posted 17th August 2019

Reviewed 15th August 2019 by Katrina

I split these with my mum, and neither hers nor mine have successfully grown: approx 20% have grown, but still no flowers.

Reviewed 2nd August 2019 by Mrs Jopling

Oh dear. I've never grown them before and lots did not come up - my fault probably.

Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Anita

So far I have had 3 flowers from 50 corms. Only abut 12 of them ever produced leaves. I unearthed them, thinking they must have rotted, but they were fine and appeared to be splitting into two corms one on top of the other, so I replanted them....but still no growth. I bought them for the yellows but all the flowers were garish pink, my least favourite colour. A waste of time and money considering they are so readily available in the supermarkets.

Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Annette

Not one bulb has grown, planted in large pots as directed, very disappointed

Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Ulrike

three or four of them grew being beautiful but only in white and yellow not as colourful as I hoped. Maybe I planted them out to early.

Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Roger

Delighted with these corms; for the first time I managed to have flowers which grew well and had the most wonderful perfume.

Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Syd

Only 3/50 produced flowers but may have been weather

Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Mrs Brown

Reviewed 17th November 2018 by Rosie

Freesias very disappointing as so few actually produced any growth - despite following instructions to the letter. Gladioli were stunning though so I’m delighted with them

Reviewed 15th November 2018 by Carol

They struggled and only one flowered, which was beautiful, so I have dug them up, will overwinter and try again. I shared the packet with my neighbour and she too had lots of leaves but no flowers.

Reviewed 15th November 2018 by Tilly

Not a single corm germinated ☹️ I planted them on arrival in warm sunny bed on the edge of our patio so rather disappointed.

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for leaving your review. We are very sorry to hear of your disappointment with your Freesia's and have refunded you for them."

Posted 16th November 2018

Reviewed 15th November 2018 by Peter

Good quality plants well packed. Recent purchase 3 Coreopsis plants
have mostly collapsed. Normal autumn die back?? Other than that excellent service and products.

Reviewed 14th November 2018 by John

I planted these in my Mothers garden as a surprise. Not a single one came up!

Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Paul

Of the 50 corms I purchased I only had one that flowered all the others failed to germinate.

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"We are sorry that these did not germinate, we note from our records that you contacted us with regard to this matter in August and were refunded at the time."

Posted 15th November 2018

Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Christine

I was very disappointed with the Freesia corms, of the 50 corms that were planted only very few flowered.

Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Tilly

Not a single corm germinated ☹️ I planted them on arrival in warm sunny bed on the edge of our patio so rather disappointed.

Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Lesley

Most corms didn't flower .

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for your review. We are very sorry to hear that your freesias failed to grow and have refunded you for the corms."

Posted 15th November 2018

Reviewed 9th November 2018 by Nigel

The service and purchase was fine the fact that only a couple of the corms showed signs of life was a disappointment. The planting advice was followed carefully but most of the corms/bulbs remained in the condition they arrived! Attempts to grow some in a pot was also unsuccessful.

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for your review, we are very sorry to hear that your freesias failed to grow and have refunded you for these."

Posted 10th November 2018

Reviewed 7th November 2018 by Julie

I followed the instruction and planted the corms. Only two flowered. Very disappointing.

Reviewed 7th November 2018 by Nigel

The service and purchase was fine the fact that only a couple of the corms showed signs of life was a disappointment. The planting advice was followed carefully but most of the corms/bulbs remained in the condition they arrived! Attempts to grow some in a pot was also unsuccessful.

Reviewed 1st November 2018 by Julie

The corms did really poorly in Preston this year which is not the usual result. Hence I've been very disappointed. I guess due to the weather being so hot, I planted some in May June and July to stagger the flowering season and I've had only two flowers. Now in November I've lots of green shoots, alas no flowers. I'm still hopeful.

Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Gary

I followed the instructions exactly and all of the bulbs flourished and gave me a lovely show. I have taken bunkers from the bulbs and kept them in a warm environment and aspire to grow an autumn starting crop

Reviewed 19th September 2018 by David

good strong corms that grew into good strong stemmed plants that flowered well

Reviewed 3rd September 2018 by Lynn

out of the 50 freesia probably only 6 came up, so I was disappointed

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for leaving your review. We are very sorry to hear of your disappointment with your freesias and have refunded you for them."

Posted 7th November 2018

Reviewed 29th August 2018 by Christine

Very few produced any flowers

No luck again

Reviewed 27th April 2018 by Anne

I don't seem to be able to get my freesias to grow at all. I planted all these in pots (instead of ground which failed last year) and only one shoot has come up. It is a year on from purchase and I am really disappointed I don't seem to have had any luck again. No sign of anything at all. I planted them correctly as per instructions in the appropriate compost. My tulips I bought however are stunning so I guess I have one success this year.

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"
Thank you for your feedback. We are very sorry to hear that you have had poor results from the freesias. We do find that freesias can take up to 100-120 days to flower and need a long warm spell to start them off so it may be that the weather last summer did not help. If you would like to try a replacement pack then we will of course send you one so that you can try again. We have made a note on your account and if you contact our customer service team at info@sarahraven.com or by calling 0345 092 0283 we will arrange for this to be sent out to you or alternatively, if you prefer, we can arrange for the pack to be refunded."

Posted 28th April 2018

Survived the frosts!

Reviewed 21st April 2017 by Corinna Robertson

I completely neglected these last year and planted them very late. They didn't do anything for a while and then came up just in time for the first frosts in 2016. I assumed that was the end of them but now (April) they have flower buds on!

Not one bulb flowered

Reviewed 4th May 2016 by Liz Leyden

Last year I split these corms between my Mum's garden and my own, about 50 miles apart. In both gardens I planted five corms a week apart starting in late May after the frosts stopped. Not one of them flowered, and when eventually I dug them up in September, all the corms looked exactly as they did when they arrived. Not one sign of growth on any of them. We had a cool summer last year, but maybe they just don't work in Scotland anyway? (?)

Reply from the Sarah Raven Team:

"Thank you for your feedback, we are sorry to hear that the classic freesia mix failed to grow at all. Freesias do thrive in the heat but these corms should be happy growing in the UK climate. Please do let our customer service team know and we can either replace them or arrange for a full refund to be issued to you. If you would like further advice about growing freesias please contact our horticultural adviser at plantadvice@sarahraven.com

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